linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next 3/3] kasan: arm64: Fix pcpu_page_first_chunk crash with KASAN

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Date:   Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:05:41 +1000
From:   Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>
To:     Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 3/3] kasan: arm64: Fix pcpu_page_first_chunk crash
 with KASAN_VMALLOC


> If so, should we put the call inside of vm_area_register_early?
Ah, we already do this. Sorry. My other questions remain.

Kind regards,
Daniel

>
> Kind regards,
> Daniel
>
>>
>>>  void __init kasan_init(void)
>>>  {
>>>  	kasan_init_shadow();
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h
>>> index 5310e217bd74..79d3895b0240 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/kasan.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/kasan.h
>>> @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ extern p4d_t kasan_early_shadow_p4d[MAX_PTRS_PER_P4D];
>>>  int kasan_populate_early_shadow(const void *shadow_start,
>>>  				const void *shadow_end);
>>>  
>>> +void kasan_populate_early_vm_area_shadow(void *start, unsigned long size);
>>> +
>>>  static inline void *kasan_mem_to_shadow(const void *addr)
>>>  {
>>>  	return (void *)((unsigned long)addr >> KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT)
>>> diff --git a/mm/kasan/init.c b/mm/kasan/init.c
>>> index cc64ed6858c6..d39577d088a1 100644
>>> --- a/mm/kasan/init.c
>>> +++ b/mm/kasan/init.c
>>> @@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ int __ref kasan_populate_early_shadow(const void *shadow_start,
>>>  	return 0;
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +void __init __weak kasan_populate_early_vm_area_shadow(void *start,
>>> +						       unsigned long size)
>>> +{
>>> +}
>>
>> I'm just wondering if this could be a generic function, perhaps with an
>> appropriate IS_ENABLED() check of a generic Kconfig option
>> (CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK ?) to short-circuit it, if it's
>> not only an arm64 problem.
>>
>> But I haven't looked much further, so would appeal to you to either
>> confirm or reject this idea.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- Marco